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CHAPTER V.—(Coktixced).
Dick, over whose half-conscious head
this sword-play was flickering, saw only
that an argument was going on; which
side was which, and why, he could not
understand, and so resolved to speak
with caution if he had to speak at all.
Camilla felt that the colonel was
pressing her closely, and tried to dis
able him by a straighter thrust.
"I don’t suppose you are a blind fol
lower even of Lord Glamorgan.” she
said to Dick; "you probably do not wish
the emperor released?”
“It would not benefit him if I did,”
he replied; "but I am sorry for him If
he suffers as they say.”
This was worse than ever for Dick,
and the colonel was prompt to seize
the opportunity.
"He does indeed suffer," he said. “It
Is our greatest grief, for Madame de
Montaut is entirely devoted to him.”
"My devotion,” retorted Camilla, al
most indignantly, “is natural enough;
but the loyalty that binds me can have
no hold upon an Englishman.”
"There are more kinds of loyalty than
one,” returned her Imperturbable an
tagonist. “I, for Instance, am loyal to
the emperor, not only as a Frenchman,
but even rcore strongly from my loyalty
to you, who have made his cause your
own; and this, or something like it,
may conceivably be the case with oth
ers.”
Camilla looked unutterable scorn.
“Capt. Estcourt,” she said, turning to
him with a bow full of graceful mock
ery at her own question, "will you, as
a kindness to me, carry the emperor oft
from St. Helena?”
Dick was relieved at her apparent re
turn to a lighter mood. “I can hardly
undertake to go so far myself,” he re
plied laughing; “you had better com
mission my friend Johnstone, the smug
gler, to do It for you.”
"Good!” exclaimed the colonel, Join
ing In the laugh with the loud tone of
one who wishes to emphasize a jest.
"Capital advice, Camilla, and you can’t
do better than follow it.”
She did not for the moment grasp
his intention in saying this, and made
no reply beyond a distrustful glance.
Dick, meantime, had been looking at
his watch, and now held out his hand.
"I am afraid,” he said, “that I must be
going home; I have trespassed too long
' upon your kindness, and the doctor
said I must be in by sunset.”
"One moment,” said Camilla, hoping
to gain an instant’s privacy in which
to give him some kind of warning.
"Stay a moment; Col. de Montaut will
order the carriage for you.”
“It is at the door,” replied the colonel,
and he bowed' Dick out before him, and
followed him downstairs.
Camilla heard the front door close
and the carriage drive away. A long
silence followed. The colonel had evi
dently gone to the length of accom
panying Dick to his own lodging. The
mischief might be done by this time,
and here she sat powerless to prevent
it. She fretted under the thought at
first, and her indignation chafed her in
the absence of an object upon which to
spend Itself; but at last it seemed to
have worn Itself out for a time, and she
fell Into a quieter mood.
All the same she started guiltily when
the door opened almost without a
sound. There stood the colonel, like
some wily emissary of evil, following
up his calculated opportunity at the
most deadly moment of weakness.
He appeared to have entirely forgot
ten his late struggle with her. In his
hand was an open letter, which he held
up to her view.
“I have Just heard,” he said, "from
Carnac, who has received a letter from
St. Helena.”
She' held out her hand for It.
"You are tired,” he said; “I wTH read
It to you. Be prepared, for It is far
from pleasant hearing;” and be began
at once:
x no iolioi ui, m any raxe, IUS i Cl
ing of it—ran as follows:
' “ ‘My Dear M. de Montaut: A packet
dispatched from St. Helena at the end
of January contains the following mel
ancholy intelligence in the cipher of
Gen. Bertrand: The emperor, having
suffered severely in health from want
of active occupation, on Jan. 22 re
sumed his riding exercise, after an in
termislon of two years. The effect of
this violent change of habit was un
happily the reverse of beneficial, and he
has been more or less prostrate for a
week past.’ ’’
The colonel looked at Camilla, and
went on more slowly:
" ‘His majesty has become subject to
Jits of profound depression, which are
the despair of his physicians. He bit
terly declares himself deserted and be
trayed, and his reproaches are terrible
to^hear. He talks openly of commit
ting his last wishes to paper.* ”
In her agitation at this news Camilla
forgot everything else. "Oh, no!" she
cried, clasping her hands as though to
entreat the cruel fates. “We shall lie
In time; we must, we must!”
“We must!” he echoed gloomily; “they
■ expect us on the 5th of May.”
“And when do we start?”
“Before the beginning of April; tve
have hardly more than a week left in
which to gather our forces for this final
attempt.”
She was silent, and seemed unwilling
to venture further into the region of
detail.
“The vessel is all but ready," con
tinued the colonel; “a mixed crew can
bo collected in a day or two at Deal or
Ramsgate.”
He paused, as If expecting a question
from her; but she was still silent, aad
he went on again.
"For the' money I am relying on you.”
She nodded.
“As to the rest,” he said, eyeing her
cautiously, "our friends have failed us,
as you know.”
She looked straight at him, and her
face took a passive expression, as If in
expectation of a blow.
“This is our last chance,” he said;
“the emperor’s supreme and only hope.
No consideration must weigh with us
against his life and liberty."
She drew her breath quickly; he saw
t^at he must give Iter more time yet.”
"This man Johnstone,” he said, "will,
I hope, consent to work the submarine
boat for us. I will search him out to
morrow, and make terms with him my
self if possible.”
She was relieved to find that so far
this was all, and assented reluctantly,
hoping against hope to find her further
suspicions unfounded.
But the colonel went on relentlessly.
“There remains only between us and
success, between the emperor and safe
ty, this one difficulty of discovering a
suitable captain for our ship.”
Y°u have time to go to France for
that yourself, she said in desperation.
“Everything must be dared, a3 you said
only Just now.”
He shook his head.
Daring of that kind Is useless here,”
he said. "No Frenchman can serve our
purpose.”
She feigned astonishment at this.
My dear Camilla,” he said, "you mis
judge our friend in thinking him so ran
corous. He has fought, as he told us,
chiefly against Danes and Americans,
and has no cause to bear malice to the
French.”
1 was not thinking of the French,"
she returned, "but of the emperor, who
Incited both Denmark and America to
war, and thereby made himself the en
emy of all true Englishmen.”
“Surely not quite all,” said the col
onel; "the opposition have often, both
in parliament and out of it, pleaded
with the government for his release.
Lord Glamorgan,” he continued, look
ing at Estcourt, “Lord Glamorgan, for
instance, is a member of that party,
and yet in every way a true English
man.”
“No,” he continued, “I have consid
ered this part of the question long anil
thoroughly, for it is that upon which
all the rest depends. These are the two
necessary qualifications for our cap
tain. First, he must not only be a good
ally, in the sense of being a bold and
competent seaman, but he must be
bound to us by a tie stronger than that
of mere pecuniary interest.”
"Yes,” she interrupted, quickly, “he
must act from patriotism, too; and
therefore, he can be no other than a
Frenchman.”
He shook his head again, with the
same gentle regretfulness.
“Where will you find such a self-im
molating patriotism at a moment’s no
tice, and among those to whom our
Ideas are strange?” he asked. “Do you
forget that even the inner circle of our
confederates has failed us?”
She trembled in silence.
■"No,” resumed the colonel, “he must
be an Englishman, and one upon whom
we can exert an irresistible moral force.
But that Is not enough,”' he added,
quickly, and she almost breathed again.
"The second qualification is this—he
must be a man known favorably to
the authorities here In England, or at
the least to those at St. Helena. Other
wise he would be unable to obtain leave
to anchor, and he could not face those
naval police without fear of suspicion.
We should be searched,” and here his
voice fell to a low, clear tone, ‘"searched
and seized, or driven from the coast,
and the emperor must die a broken
hearted exile.”
Camilla burled her face In her bands.
The colonel looked down upon her with
a faint smile of self-congratulation.
“Very well, then,” he said, “for the
present we will discuss the question no
further. I will do my best to secure
Johnstone, and I leave you to think
the other matter over by yourself; it
is quite possible that you may be able
to discover among your English friends
some one—an officer, perhaps—who will
at your persuasion, if for no other rea
son, help us to save the emperor and
France."
uiu uvi IHV»C ui ppraxv, W 4ifc.il sit
last she looked up he was gone. But
every word that he had spoken, and
every tone of his subtly modulated
voice, passed through her brain over
and over again with a paralyzing clear
ness; and she sat on, as if under some
horrible.spell.
At the end of half an hour she was
still there, her mind wearied out with
vainly beating against the constraint
of this hateful necessity, like a bird buf
feting Itself to death against the bars
of a trap.
She was roused by the crackling of
paper beneath her hand, and looking
down found that she had been clench
ing a letter in her unconscious grasp.
A start of surprise followed as she rec
ognized the appearance of the paper.
It was Dick’s application to the ad
miralty. The official to whom the col
onel had presented it had glanced at
its contents and handed it back with an
off-hand statement that it was too late,
another man having been already ap
pointed to the Favorite. The colonel
had accordingly brought it back to
Dick, and in the confusion which fol
lowed the latter’s sudden attack of ill
ness It had fallen unperceived behind
a cushion of the sofa upon which Ca
milla was now sitting.
Anxious to free herself from the toils
without a moment’s delay, she rose and
went down to look for her brother-in
law.
She found him in the study, busy
among his papers; he looked up to greet
her with an indulgent smile, as if to
assure her that he felt for her past
] struggle, and was ready to receive her
submission graciously.
She saw it, and anger choked the
words in her throat.
“Well,” he asked, “and upon whom
. haB your choice fallen?”
"'here Is no choice,” she answered:
"I have no friend capable of an act ct
treason.”
He saw that he had been over-confi
dent, and was ready on the Instant to
meet her with fresh patience.
“Treason?” he said, quietly; “It is no l
treason to undo the work of treachery."
“What do you mean?”’ j
“The English nation, or rather their I
government, betrayed the emperor’s I
voluntary trust in them, and, as I have
heard you maintain with truth a hun
dred times, faithlessly made a prisoner
of him after he had accepted their pro
tection as a guest.”
She laughed scornfully to see him
using still the methods of an hour ago.
He little suspected how trenchant a
weapon chance had put into her hand
since' then.
“It is true,” she cried, "and their
treachery must be undone; but tt can
not be by Capt. Estcourt's hand.”
He raised his eyebrows. “I did not
mention Capt. Estcourt.”
“No, but you thought of him, and of
him only. It is a proof of how little
you know cur understand his character.”
He saw the change of her position.
and#. was yet once more ready for her
upon her own ground.
“Oh. as for that,” he said, “men are
all alike in one respect. When iney are
in love they are deaf *" .very oti'er
call; a woman m»y lead them where she
will.”
“Not friends like mine,” she an
swered proudly; “not a man like this!”
“Capt. Estcourt is as honorable a man
as most," he replied, “but I undertake
to say that his devotion to you, coupled
with a clear explanation of the case
from me, would ensure his adherence to
our cause.”
“Never!” she cried. "Tour cunning
fallacies may blind weak women, or
men whose intellect is keener than their
sense of honor, but you could not even
tempt him for a moment!” V
“Will you wager on it?” asked the
colonel with a mocking smile of
security.
“My life Is not my own,” she cried,
“but I-would stake my fortune on his
answer.-”
“Done,” said the colonel; “I accept.”
She saw the trap now, but scorned re
treat.
“Try it!” she cried, with passionate
defiance in her voice. “Try it, and learn
with shame what duty means to a
Strong heart!”
CHAPTER VI.
OL. DE MONTAUT
saw no more of his
sister-in-law that
evening.
On the following
day he was up ear
ly and breakfasted
alone In his room,
occupying himself
at the same time
with the details of
a toilet which was
intended to make
him unrecognizable to those who or
dinarily knew him, and acceptable to
those with whom he had to deal.
His identity was thus concealed with- !
out any loss of personal dignity, such as
is usually involved, in a disguise, and
yet could be resumed without difficulty
and almost at a moment’s notice. He
gave a final glance at the general ef
fect, completed It by the addition of a
low-peaked cap of weather-beaten ap
pearance, and turned from the glass
well satisfied. He took with him a
small sum of money and no arms; what ;
difficulties he might meet he hardly j
knew yet, but at any rate they would j
not be of a kind to yield to force. j
The closed carriage in which he left !
the house set him down at the entrance
of the narrow Streets beyond the houses
•of parliament, and immediately disap
peared in the direction in which it had
come. He quickly made his way to the
river side and hailed a waterman to
take him over to the other bank. When
the boat was rather more than half ;
way across, however, he appeared to
change his mind, and asked whether he
could be taken as far as the Tower.
The waterman assented, readily, gave
a single stroke with the left hand, and
in a moment the current was sweeping
them rapidly down toward the bridge.
It was a bright, keen morning, and
the boatman was in a cheerful mood
and inclined to be talkative, as is the
custom in his trade; but he got little
response or attention from his fare, who
wasrpondering his next move, and had
notfyet come to the stage when conver
sation would be of use to him.
(TO BE CONTINUED. I
AS GOOD AS WHEAT.
The Farmer, the Fanning Mill and the !
Bag* of Atmosphere.
"I see,” remarked the wide-awake
farmer to the Buffalo Express man,
“that wheat has gone up to 70 cents in
Chicago, and there's a report that it
will keep goln’ till it gets to $1. Now,
I’d like to contract to sell you my crop
for 70 cents. Seventy cents will do me.
I’d rather have a sure thing while it’s
goln’ than to take my chances on doin’
better by waitin’.”
“But,” replied the commission mer
chant, "I can’t agree to contract for
your wheat at 70 cents.”
“Why not? It's goin’ up to $1, an’
you’ll make 30 cents a bushel. An’t
that enough?” '
“Oh, yes; but, you see, that 70 cents
is only a speculative price. It un’t what
they pay for real wheat.”
“Don’t pay that for real wheat? What
in thunder do they pay it for, then?”
“Why, for options.”
"Well, what the blazes are options?"
“Why, they’re promises to get wheat
and sell it for such and such a price.”
“Well, then, they got to get the
wheat, an't they?”
“No; they sell the promises again, ac
cording as the market rises or falls.”
“An’ don’t they buy an' sell any real
wheat at all?”
“Not much.”
“Just buy and sell wind at 70 cents a
bushel?”
“That's about it.”
“Thunder an' Mars! Wish I’d knowed
that last fall. I wouldn't a-sowed any
wheat. I'd tied my grain bags to the
back o’ my fannin’ mill an’ kept the
boy turnin' it all winter, till I’d filled
all the bags I could get hold of. But It
an’t too late yet. By gosh, If It’s wind
they want ’stead of wheat I can supply
the market for the hull country right
off ray farm!" j
Blessed Is the man wfto has found
hls work. One monster there Is In the '
world, the idle man.—Carlyle. *
The “New Hlrl.”
A bright specimen of the “New Girl"
made her appearance before a magis
trate on Saturday. The top. of her
head, says the London Daily Tele
graph, was just on a level with the rail
of the witness box, and Mr. Dickinson
was considerably surprised to hear a
small, shrill, piping voice issue from
some one he could not see, and sny:
“Please, sir, I want a summons for
abuse.” “What's that?’’ asked the
learned gentleman. “Stand up,’’cried
the usher of the court. The applicant
stood on her tip-toes, which, enabled
the magistrate to see her eyes and half
her nose, and repeated: “Please, sir, I
want a summons for abuse." "Cer
tainly not,” replied Mr. Dickinson,
promptly. “If grown up people are
foolish enough to take out summonses
for mere vulgar abuse, I am not going
to encourage children to dp the same.
Go away home.” The litigious girl
frowned and went away.
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Tha Winter lion net.
Flowers, as well as feathers, appear
on the winter bonnet, but in making a
choice one must consider what wear
will be given to the bonnet and wheth
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with the hour and the toilet The
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the arrangement of the bonnet on the
head. If the hair is parted the bonnet
is placed a little further back than it is
if either a pompadour or bang is worn.
I nee Fiso's Cure for Consumption both
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Patterson, Inkster, Mich., Nov. 5, 18114.
Satanic llaitball,
"Out, foul fiend!” cried Luther, pant
ing heavily.
Satan regarded the black splotch
where the ink bottle had shivered on
the wall, and a cynical smile played
upon his features.
“I acknowledge.’’ he said in the bland
manner for which he is celebrated,
that somebody has made a base hit, but
scarcely comprehend under what rule
you thereby render your decision.”
And while the bleachers applauded
to the skies he walked serenely to the
bench and sat down with the rest of
'he nine.—New Vorlt Recorder.
The Value or Trees.
How many farmers and others, too,
whose places are destitute of fruit and
shade trees. Again, how many rented
places are devoid of trees of all kinds.
Has the land-owner ever stopped to
consider that a small orchard, a tew
yard trees around every tenement
house will greatly enhance the value,
attract and hold a better class of ten
ants, make life more enjoyable and
that too at practically no cost? "We tell
you there is a great deal of selfishness
whea we look abroad and see how
stingy and selfish many are with their
tenants, and .oftentimes perchance some
good farmer rents his farm and moves
away and is so selfish as to reserve all,
yes, all the fruit produced,denying even
this to his tenant. Land-owners owe
their tenants and the public generally, a
duty by planting at least a moderate
quantity of trees. This Is a wise pub
lic policy.—Ornamental Tree Growing.
A Terrible Possibility.
The question of expediency of dis
banding the militia company was being
agitated one town-meeting day in a
certain hamlet not a thousand miles
from lloston. The tavern keeper, a
most pompous individual, who had
courteously preserved silence during
several noisy harangues, threw a final
terrible bomb into the camp of the in
conoclasts by the solemn interroga-1
tory, delivered in his most impressive I
manner:
“Gentlemen, let me ask you this:
What could we do without militia, in
case of a resurrection?”—From the
“ Editor's Drawer,” in Harper’s Maga
zine.
Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety
tiro rich.
A Delightful Theory.
“The.strangest invention that ever
came to my notice,” said a patent agent
to P. W., “was that recently brought
out by an old German. His' idea is to
build a massive pillar in the center of
the Atlantic ocean and place upon it a
revolving bvidge, one end touching Liv
erpool and the other New York, so that
people in England desiring to go to New
York could get on at the Liverpool end
of the dridge. and vice versa.
“By a scmi-circle turn of the bridge
the passengers will be brought to their
destination."
“When 1 asked him how he could get
the pillar in the ocean, and where the
power would come from to turn such a
structure, he admitted that he had
overlooked it, and when I told him fur
ther that there was danger of the ice
in the Arctic regions being an obstruc
tion to the turning of the bridge, he
decided to parry the idea no further.”
—Pearson's M eekly.
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